Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression?
BACKGROUND: Depressed individuals display a deficit in effectively solving social problem situations (e.g., []). Recent research suggests that rumination may interfere with such effective problem-solving (e.g., []). However, little is known, as yet, about the mechanisms that are underlying this rel...
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| author | Raes, F Hermans, D Williams, J Demyttenaere, K Sabbe, B Pieters, G Eelen, P |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Depressed individuals display a deficit in effectively solving social problem situations (e.g., []). Recent research suggests that rumination may interfere with such effective problem-solving (e.g., []). However, little is known, as yet, about the mechanisms that are underlying this relation between rumination and poor problem-solving. The present study investigated the role of reduced specificity of autobiographical memories as a mediator of this relationship. METHODS: 24 depressed patients (15 women) completed the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT), the Means-Ends Problem-Solving Task (MEPS), the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) and the Rumination on Sadness Scale (RSS). RESULTS: Consistent with previous studies, rumination, ineffective problem-solving and reduced memory specificity were significantly associated. Regression analyses further extended these findings by showing that reduced memory specificity mediated the association between rumination and problem-solving effectiveness. LIMITATIONS: The correlational nature of this study limits to some extent the conclusions that can be drawn on the directionality of the observed relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Results offer support for the idea that lack of autobiographical memory specificity mediates the known relationship between rumination and poor problem-solving. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:388fae11-f02f-4f71-88a9-889d511b57ca2022-03-26T13:50:47ZReduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:388fae11-f02f-4f71-88a9-889d511b57caEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Raes, FHermans, DWilliams, JDemyttenaere, KSabbe, BPieters, GEelen, P BACKGROUND: Depressed individuals display a deficit in effectively solving social problem situations (e.g., []). Recent research suggests that rumination may interfere with such effective problem-solving (e.g., []). However, little is known, as yet, about the mechanisms that are underlying this relation between rumination and poor problem-solving. The present study investigated the role of reduced specificity of autobiographical memories as a mediator of this relationship. METHODS: 24 depressed patients (15 women) completed the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT), the Means-Ends Problem-Solving Task (MEPS), the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) and the Rumination on Sadness Scale (RSS). RESULTS: Consistent with previous studies, rumination, ineffective problem-solving and reduced memory specificity were significantly associated. Regression analyses further extended these findings by showing that reduced memory specificity mediated the association between rumination and problem-solving effectiveness. LIMITATIONS: The correlational nature of this study limits to some extent the conclusions that can be drawn on the directionality of the observed relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Results offer support for the idea that lack of autobiographical memory specificity mediates the known relationship between rumination and poor problem-solving. |
| spellingShingle | Raes, F Hermans, D Williams, J Demyttenaere, K Sabbe, B Pieters, G Eelen, P Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title | Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title_full | Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title_fullStr | Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title_short | Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory: a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem-solving in major depression? |
| title_sort | reduced specificity of autobiographical memory a mediator between rumination and ineffective social problem solving in major depression |
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